寒假英语笔记整理4单元

Unit4

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For quite a while 一段时间

Eg: the earth shook for quite a while.

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Be caught in = be trapped in = be stuck in 被困在…中

Trap n. 圈套 v.设圈套 陷入圈套

Promise sb. To do sth.

委婉词

Think suppose expect believe be afraid hope

Hope so 希望如此

Hope not 不希望如此

注:expect 预期 v.

Think twice 三思 be upon sb. 逼近

Before she couldn't think twice, the mater was upon her.

Before + 情态动词 表示还没有来得及就…

理解成还没有来得及想第二次水就来了

现在分词作伴随状语表示主语与分词是主动关系,或表示与谓语同时发生或紧接着发生.

Sweep sb./sth. Down 冲倒

Fight against 为反对…而斗争

Against the wall 靠墙

A part of < half </= part of

动词重叠表示强调:

Eg: she struggled and ~

Go through sth. 这个sth并不是要找的东西而是找这个东西的地点对象.

例如, 在钱包里找钱,sth.应为钱包而不是钱.

(无冠词) n.+after+n. 一个个 after强调重复行为

One + n. + after + n. + anther + n.

n. + by + n. by 强调变化过程.

Eg: the tree is growing up day by day.

It didn't take long before the wooden building was swallowed by the fire.

It took/was long before + 从句

很久才

It took/was not long before + 从句

不久以后

Look up at 抬头看

Look down at 低头看

Look down upon 看不起

Be far away from far在有具体的数据时被代替

Take photo(s)/picture(s) of ab. /sth. 照相

动名词的复合结构:

由物主代词或名词所有格 + ving（主动）

Eg: do you mind my smoking?

在非正式场合不为主语时可换为人称代词的宾格和普通格

Eg: lee took photos of us standing in front of the house.

In the evening 泛指

On Sunday evening 具体指

Believe it or not 信不信由你

Be made of 看得出的组成

Be made from 看不见的组成

Cut off切断

Die v. 死亡

Death n.

Dead adj.

As a result of 由于

Eg: he died as the result of the war.

表达倍数问题

1 倍数+比较级+than

Eg: my room is 3 times larger than lee's.

2 倍数+as+adj./adv.(原级)+as

Eg: my room is 3 times as large as lee's.